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Post by North Star on Jun 15, 2005 23:16:22 GMT
Of course, French Fries aren't French And the French always have bees in their bonnets about the British. They can't stand the fact that we created the Net! NS.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 15, 2005 23:42:09 GMT
Hey--Al Gore created the Internet. Everyone knows that. And Al Gore was a robot. Everyone knows that robots are manufactured in Japan. Ergo, Japan created the Internet.
And you're right, French Fries aren't French, they're Belgian.
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 16, 2005 2:30:11 GMT
Actually, US military invented the Arpanet, which was the ancestor to the Internet in the mid-60s.
And about replacement of words related to computers by the French government, I think it is a good way to avoid their language to be polluted by words that come from mostly one language that is not theirs. It's not because they are mad against Americans or British, it's more to protect the French language from being transformed into a new style of English.
Oh, and about French swearing words, let me try: t*******!
EDIT: I had to hide by myself the bad word that I put since the boards couldn't edit it.
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Post by North Star on Jun 16, 2005 9:15:21 GMT
Well, we were talking about the Internet, which was pioneered on a British base in the 50s I believe I can't believe that they bleep "merdde" NS.
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Post by outspaced on Jun 16, 2005 9:48:37 GMT
I think it is inevitable that English is going to become more and more prevalent because America is (rightly or wrongly) the most powerful nation on the planet. And funnily enough, the English language did exactly the same itself--we use words that originally came from other languages every day. French, Scandanavian, Indian, Greek, German, even the "dead" language of Latin--all have altered the face of the original language of the Angle tribe to something unrecognisible and incredibly sophisticated. Zipp can probably correct me, but I'm sure something like 25% of words in use in Japan cannot be written in Kanji because they are English/American words pronounced slightly differently (they pronounce Rs as Ls and Ls as Rs; I forget the name for that family of languages). *shrug* I was aware of the French movement against the "encroaching" English language, though I find it a bit strange since we use so many French and Norman words in English--still, I'm not going to judge, since French Lone Wolf fans are just as good as English or English-speaking Lone Wolf fans, and the lucky devils actually get to buy the books in the shops! (Though if that was the case in English, I suppose there would be no Project Aon . . . I'm not sure which is better.) I think there are even some French Lone Wolf fans on this forum, so in the interests of unity, I'll remind everyone that we're all equal and no one is better than anyone else. Except me, of course. I'm better than all of you.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 16, 2005 16:42:17 GMT
I would like to state, for the record, that I have nothing against the French. I've actually been to France, and think it's an extremely cool place full of cool people. I just think it's funny that the French government was making a concerted effort to combat English on the Internet. The jest about the board being French was not intended as a dig against the French or other Francophones, but rather as a jest against the French government trying to combat the dominance of English on the Internet.
So... umm... sorry if I offended any French people.
Plus I'm better than outspaced.
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Post by Runeheart on Jun 17, 2005 1:43:41 GMT
I think Blue Stars would do that to people 'I'm better than all of you'. Or maybe wierd yellow things do too.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 17, 2005 4:41:58 GMT
I think Blue Stars would do that to people 'I'm better than all of you'. Or maybe wierd yellow things do too. Those aren't stars. They're Doomstones. ph34r.
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Post by Runeheart on Jun 17, 2005 4:45:30 GMT
I was wondering what they were, and what they do...
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 17, 2005 4:46:55 GMT
Well, the yellow ones are Lorestones, and if you collect them all, they send you off on a genocidal rampage against the Darklords. The blue ones are Doomstones, and if you collect them all, they form a really neat robot toy.
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Post by Runeheart on Jun 17, 2005 5:00:57 GMT
I seem to remember a certain DL gaining the title of Archlord of Helgadad, or does this sound like some conspiracy? Isn't there some other thread about agents of Naar and others who are corrupted for evil purposes. What is your weird yellow thing ( not being personal ) my wife swears it's a pokemon....
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 17, 2005 5:03:23 GMT
I said this in another post, but he is the Cheat, from www.homestarrunner.com. As I am the Cheatingest Cheater in Magnamund, I felt he was an appropriate avatar.
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 17, 2005 5:05:16 GMT
I honestly thought that it was a chubby Pikachu on a weigthing scale. ;D
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 17, 2005 5:05:58 GMT
No, it's a the Cheat in front of a keyboard, dancing.
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Post by outspaced on Jun 17, 2005 9:08:16 GMT
I think Blue Stars would do that to people 'I'm better than all of you'. Or maybe wierd yellow things do too. So this is what you all talk about behind my back while I'm asleep. Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in fo' me! [Edit: Darn tags.]
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